shutter speed problem..... at DVinfo.net

Dean Harrington · December 5th, 2005, 12:55 AM

I shot a subject under flourscent lights at 120 shutter speed. I know it should have been at 60 but.....what can I do to tone down the light strobing in the scenes? FCP 3.
thanks

Chris Rees · December 5th, 2005, 01:26 PM

try using the flicker filter in the video bin within the effect. i know it is used for curing problems with inter-lacing, but i have used it cut out flickers on tv screens in the back ground of a scene with some success.
give it a go if you havent allready

Dean Harrington · December 5th, 2005, 03:16 PM

I'll give it a try.

Gary Chavez · December 6th, 2005, 08:33 AM

Too late now, but Never shoot on shutter under flouresents.
even on 1/60 the colors will vacilliate.
Also, I have never been able to fix that problem in editing.
Its a hard, heartbreaking mistake that you only make once.

Dean Harrington · December 6th, 2005, 03:33 PM

"Too late now, but Never shoot on shutter under flouresents." I've got a setting on my DVX100 that allows for shooting under flourescents and I've
been able to clean up the flicker but....an update, I need to smooth out the
mouth action. I used the strobing filter under "Video" in the filter bin on FCP 3. The setting at 5 was found to do the trick. Thanks for the advice.

Gary Chavez · December 6th, 2005, 03:56 PM

Cool, live and learn.

Dean Harrington · December 6th, 2005, 05:28 PM

Apparently, and please correct me if I'm wrong, the strobe filter in FCP 3 can be set to skip the flicked frames so that lighting can be smoothed out?
Now what to do about smoothing out the action? Any suggestions there?

Dean Harrington · December 8th, 2005, 02:43 AM

OK didn't look too bad using FCP with the strobe filter set at 6 but not that great either,so....I too the captured scratch clips into DV Film Maker and used the flicker setting at 60 under the 24p setting. Seems to clean the strobing up better! I've still got a little noice in the background. Any ideas on cleaning that up?

December 5th, 2005, 12:55 AM	#1
Dean Harrington Major Player Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tokyo Posts: 898	shutter speed problem..... I shot a subject under flourscent lights at 120 shutter speed. I know it should have been at 60 but.....what can I do to tone down the light strobing in the scenes? FCP 3. thanks Last edited by Dean Harrington; December 5th, 2005 at 01:49 AM.

December 5th, 2005, 01:26 PM	#2
Chris Rees Tourist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perth Scotland Posts: 4	flicker problems try using the flicker filter in the video bin within the effect. i know it is used for curing problems with inter-lacing, but i have used it cut out flickers on tv screens in the back ground of a scene with some success. give it a go if you havent allready

December 5th, 2005, 03:16 PM	#3
Dean Harrington Major Player Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tokyo Posts: 898	thanks...... I'll give it a try.

December 6th, 2005, 03:33 PM	#5
Dean Harrington Major Player Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tokyo Posts: 898	That's interesting Gary..... "Too late now, but Never shoot on shutter under flouresents." I've got a setting on my DVX100 that allows for shooting under flourescents and I've been able to clean up the flicker but....an update, I need to smooth out the mouth action. I used the strobing filter under "Video" in the filter bin on FCP 3. The setting at 5 was found to do the trick. Thanks for the advice.

December 6th, 2005, 05:28 PM	#7
Dean Harrington Major Player Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tokyo Posts: 898	update..... Apparently, and please correct me if I'm wrong, the strobe filter in FCP 3 can be set to skip the flicked frames so that lighting can be smoothed out? Now what to do about smoothing out the action? Any suggestions there?

December 6th, 2005, 08:33 AM	#4
Gary Chavez Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Antonio Posts: 355	Too late now, but Never shoot on shutter under flouresents. even on 1/60 the colors will vacilliate. Also, I have never been able to fix that problem in editing. Its a hard, heartbreaking mistake that you only make once.

December 6th, 2005, 03:56 PM	#6
Gary Chavez Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Antonio Posts: 355	Cool, live and learn.

December 8th, 2005, 02:43 AM	#8
Dean Harrington Major Player Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tokyo Posts: 898	update again..... OK didn't look too bad using FCP with the strobe filter set at 6 but not that great either,so....I too the captured scratch clips into DV Film Maker and used the flicker setting at 60 under the 24p setting. Seems to clean the strobing up better! I've still got a little noice in the background. Any ideas on cleaning that up?